# Members of the Australian Senate, 1971–1974

   Senate composition at 1 July 1971 Coalition (26) - (5 seat minority)  Liberal (22)
    Country Party (4)
    Labor (26) - (5 seat minority)
   Crossbench (8)
    Democratic Labour (5)
    Independents (3)
     Notes
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1971 to 1974. Half of its members were elected at the 25 November 1967 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1974; the other half were elected at the 21 November 1970 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1977. In fact, the term for all of them was terminated by the double dissolution for the 18 May 1974 election.
The government changed during the Senate term as the election cycles of the Senate and the House of Representatives had been out of synchronisation since 1963 and the Coalition government, led by Prime Minister William McMahon, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Gough Whitlam, at the December 1972 House of Representatives election.

## Members

| Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office |
| Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1977 | 1953–1975 |
| Reg Bishop | Labor | South Australia | 1974 | 1961–1981 |
| Neville Bonner | Liberal | Queensland | 1972, 1974 | 1971–1983 |
| Bill Brown | Labor | Victoria | 1977 | 1969–1970, 1971–1978 |
| Nancy Buttfield | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1955–1965, 1968–1974 |
| Condon Byrne | Democratic Labour | Queensland | 1974 | 1951–1959, 1968–1974 |
| Don Cameron | Labor | South Australia | 1977 | 1969–1978 |
| Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1977 | 1959–1974 |
| John Carrick | Liberal | New South Wales | 1977 | 1971–1987 |
| Jim Cavanagh | Labor | South Australia | 1974 | 1961–1981 |
| Sir Magnus Cormack | Liberal | Victoria | 1974 | 1951–1953, 1962–1978 |
| Bob Cotton | Liberal | New South Wales | 1974 | 1965–1978 |
| Gordon Davidson | Liberal | South Australia | 1977 | 1961, 1962, 1965–1981 |
| Don Devitt | Labor | Tasmania | 1977 | 1965–1978 |
| Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1977 | 1958, 1959–1978 |
| Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1977 | 1959–1975 |
| Peter Durack | Liberal | Western Australia | 1977 | 1971–1993 |
| Joe Fitzgerald | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1962–1974 |
| Vince Gair | Democratic Labour | Queensland | 1977 | 1965–1974 |
| George Georges | Labor | Queensland | 1974 | 1967–1987 |
| Arthur Gietzelt | Labor | New South Wales | 1977 | 1971–1989 |
| Ivor Greenwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1977 | 1968–1976 |
| Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal | Victoria | 1977 | 1971–1987 |
| George Hannan | Liberal/National Liberal | Victoria | 1974 | 1956–1965, 1970–1974 |
| Don Jessop | Liberal | South Australia | 1977 | 1971–1991 |
| Jack Kane | Democratic Labour | New South Wales | 1974 | 1970–1974 |
| Jim Keeffe | Labor | Queensland | 1977 | 1964–1983 |
| Sir Condor Laucke | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1967–1981 |
| Ellis Lawrie | Liberal | Queensland | 1977 | 1965–1975 |
| Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1977 | 1959–1974 |
| Jack Little | Democratic Labour | Victoria | 1974 | 1968–1974 |
| John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1977 | 1953–1975 |
| Ron Maunsell | Country | Queensland | 1974 | 1967–1981 |
| Ron McAuliffe | Labor | Queensland | 1977 | 1971–1981 |
| Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1961–1987 |
| Jim McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1977 | 1971–1978 |
| Geoff McLaren | Labor | South Australia | 1977 | 1971–1983 |
| Frank McManus | Democratic Labour | Victoria | 1977 | 1956–1962, 1965–1974 |
| Bertie Milliner | Labor | Queensland | 1974 | 1968–1975 |
| Tony Mulvihill | Labor | New South Wales | 1977 | 1964–1983 |
| Lionel Murphy | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1962–1975 |
| Syd Negus | Independent | Western Australia | 1977 | 1971–1974 |
| Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1977 | 1947–1981 |
| Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1974 | 1956–1974 |
| George Poyser | Labor | Victoria | 1974 | 1966–1975 |
| Cyril Primmer | Labor | Victoria | 1977 | 1971–1985 |
| Edgar Prowse | Country | Western Australia | 1974 | 1962–1973 |
| Peter Rae | Liberal | Tasmania | 1974 | 1967–1986 |
| David Reid | Country | Western Australia | 1974 | 1974 |
| Peter Sim | Liberal | Western Australia | 1974 | 1964–1981 |
| Michael Townley | Independent | Tasmania | 1977 | 1971–1987 |
| Reg Turnbull | Independent | Tasmania | 1974 | 1962–1974 |
| James Webster | Country | Victoria | 1974 | 1964–1981 |
| John Wheeldon | Labor | Western Australia | 1977 | 1964–1981 |
| Laurie Wilkinson | Labor | Western Australia | 1974 | 1966–1974 |
| Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1974 | 1950–1975 |
| Reg Withers | Liberal | Western Australia | 1974 | 1966, 1967–1987 |
| Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1977 | 1950–1978 |
| Ken Wriedt | Labor | Tasmania | 1974 | 1964–1980 |
| Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1974 | 1950–1978 |
| Harold Young | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1968–1981 |